all prose and data via Experian Hitwise:
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Broadcast and Cable Network TV Show Websites Overall (Week ending October 24, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of U.S. Visits |
| 1 | Nick | Spongebob | 8.39% |
| 2 | Comedy Central | South Park | 6.79% |
| 3 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 3.03% |
| 4 | Bravo | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | 2.65% |
| 5 | BET | 106 & Park | 1.66% |
| 6 | CBS | Survivor | 1.65% |
| 7 | FOX | America’s Most Wanted | 1.59% |
| 8 | CBS | NCIS | 1.57% |
| 9 | Cartoon Network | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | 1.50% |
| 10 | NBC | Heroes | 1.45% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of television network websites from among six major commercial broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) and cable television network websites from 30 leading commercial cable networks (A&E, ABC Family, Adultswim, AMC, BET, Bravo , CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery, Disney Network, E!, Food Network, FOX News, FX, Hallmark, HGTV, History Channel, Lifetime, MSNBC, MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, SciFi, Spike, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, TruTV, TVLand, USA, VH1) excluding sports networks for the week ending October 24, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
Source: Experian HitwiseBROADCAST & CABLE
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| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Broadcast Network TV Show Websites (Week ending October 24, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of Visits |
| 1 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 9.34% |
| 2 | CBS | Survivor | 5.09% |
| 3 | FOX | America’s Most Wanted | 4.91% |
| 4 | CBS | NCIS | 4.83% |
| 5 | NBC | Heroes | 4.46% |
| 6 | ABC | Greys Anatomy | 4.08% |
| 7 | NBC | The Office | 3.87% |
| 8 | CBS | CSI: Miami | 3.18% |
| 9 | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 2.77% |
| 10 | NBC | Deal or No Deal | 2.37% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of television network websites among six major commercial broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) for the week ending October 24, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
| Source: Experian Hitwise | |||
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Broadcast Network TV Websites (Week ending October 24, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of Visits |
| 1 | ABC | abc.go.com | 30.71% |
| 2 | CBS | www.cbs.com | 27.59% |
| 3 | NBC | www.nbc.com | 16.57% |
| 4 | *FOX Aggregation | *FOX Aggregation | 14.08% |
| 5 | The CW Television Network | www.cwtv.com | 10.93% |
| 6 | MyNetworkTV | www.mynetworktv.com | 0.13% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of commercial broadcast networks websites (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) for the week ending October 24, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. * includes traffic aggregated from stand alone websites americanidol.com, amw.com, familyguy.com, cops.com, thelot.com and thesimpsons.com. | |||
| Source: Experian Hitwise | |||
| Including PBS | |||
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Broadcast Network TV Websites (Week ending October 24, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of Visits |
| 1 | ABC | abc.go.com | 27.39% |
| 2 | CBS | www.cbs.com | 24.60% |
| 3 | NBC | www.nbc.com | 14.78% |
| 4 | *FOX Aggregation | *FOX Aggregation | 12.55% |
| 5 | PBS Online | www.pbs.org | 10.81% |
| 6 | The CW Television Network | www.cwtv.com | 9.75% |
| 7 | MyNetworkTV | www.mynetworktv.com | 0.11% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of commercial broadcast networks websites (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) plus PBS for the week ending October 24, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. * includes traffic aggregated from stand alone websites americanidol.com, amw.com, familyguy.com, cops.com, thelot.com and thesimpsons.com. | |||
| Source: Experian Hitwise | |||
BROADCAST
- ABC was #1 among the Broadcast network rankings. CBS is #2.
- ABC’s Dancing with the Stars was the #1 ranked TV show website among the broadcast networks. CBS’s Survivor was the #2 most visited site, moving up from the #6 rank, followed by FOX’s America’s Most Wanted at #3.
- Moves among the top 25 websites included FOX’s The Simpsons ranked #15 from #29 and ABC’s The Castle ranked #25 from #41.
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Cable Network TV Show Websites Overall (Week ending October 24, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of U.S. Visits |
| 1 | Nick | Spongebob | 12.40% |
| 2 | Comedy Central | South Park | 10.05% |
| 3 | Bravo | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | 3.92% |
| 4 | BET | 106 & Park | 2.46% |
| 5 | Cartoon Network | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | 2.22% |
| 6 | Food Network | Paula’s Home Cooking | 1.86% |
| 7 | Discovery | Dirty Jobs | 1.72% |
| 8 | Comedy Central | The Daily Show | 1.50% |
| 9 | Food Network | Barefoot Contessa | 1.45% |
| 10 | VH1 | Real Chance at Love | 1.22% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of cable television network websites from 30 leading commercial cable networks (A&E, ABC Family, Adultswim, AMC, BET, Bravo , CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery, Disney Network, E!, Food Network, FOX News, FX, Hallmark, HGTV, History Channel, Lifetime, MSNBC, MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, SciFi, Spike, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, TruTV, TVLand, USA, VH1) excluding sports networks for the week ending October 24, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
| Source: Experian Hitwise | |||
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Cable Network TV Websites – Excluding Children’s Programming (Week ending October 24, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of U.S. Visits |
| 1 | Comedy Central | South Park | 13.26% |
| 2 | Bravo | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | 5.17% |
| 3 | BET | 106 & Park | 3.24% |
| 4 | Food Network | Paula’s Home Cooking | 2.46% |
| 5 | Discovery | Dirty Jobs | 2.27% |
| 6 | Comedy Central | The Daily Show | 1.97% |
| 7 | Food Network | Barefoot Contessa | 1.92% |
| 8 | VH1 | Real Chance at Love | 1.61% |
| 9 | MSNBC | Countdown with Keith Olbermann | 1.47% |
| 10 | FX | Sons of Anarchy | 1.46% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of cable television network websites from 30 leading commercial cable networks (A&E, ABC Family, Adultswim, AMC, BET, Bravo , CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery, Disney Network, E!, Food Network, FOX News, FX, Hallmark, HGTV, History Channel, Lifetime, MSNBC, MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, SciFi, Spike, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, TruTV, TVLand, USA, VH1) excluding sports networks for the week ending October 24, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
| Source: Experian Hitwise | |||
CABLE
- Comedy Central’s South Park was the #1 ranked TV show website among the cable networks (adults only). Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta was the #2 most visited site followed by Discovery’s Dirty Jobs at #3.
- Moves among the top 25 websites included BET’s The Game ranked #13 from #38..
Not surprised that South Park is #2, since all of the episodes ever are available for free streaming. Sweet.